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Giving the names of Turkish provinces along the border, Erdoğan said:
"If one half of our heart is Gaziantep, Hatay and Şanlıurfa, the other half is (the Syrian cities of) Afrin, Aleppo, Hama, Homs, and Damascus."
Türkiye's sensitivity on Syria
was never driven by self-interest, said the Turkish president, adding that Ankara always viewed the issue through "the lens of conscience."
The Turkish nation will forever carry their embrace of oppressed Syrians facing dark days as a "badge of honor," Erdoğan said, seemingly referring to the millions of Syrians who came to Türkiye during the war, many of whom are now flocking back to Syria.
Ankara has no designs on the territory of any other country, Erdoğan reiterated, underlining that the sole purpose of its anti-terrorist cross-border operations is to protect Türkiye.
"As of yesterday, a dark era has ended in Syria, bright days have begun," he said.
He also vowed Türkiye will not tolerate the emergence of new sources of
terrorism beyond its borders.
With its "peaceful, active" policies that change the course of world affairs, Türkiye shapes history, and rewrites both its own and human history, said Erdoğan.
As of yesterday, a dark era has ended in Syria, bright days have begun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday after a Cabinet meeting in the capital Ankara.
www.anews.com.tr
